Creeping Time Active since 1997, this modern bluegrass group once released a live album recorded at the same venue where it will play this show. With Dead Crew Oddwood, Renegade Stringband. Conor Byrne. 9 p.m. $8.

Diamond Rings The solo project of Canadian multimedia artist John O'Regan, Diamond Rings released its debut album, Special Affections, last year. Barboza. 7 p.m. $12.

Love Battery Live performances are rare for this first-wave grunge band, which has yet to release an album in this millennium. With Absolute Monarchs, Wayfinders. Mural Amphitheatre, 305 Harrison St., 684-7200, seattlecenter.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. All ages.

THE WALKING PAPERS Duff McKagan and Mike McCready—veterans of Guns N' Roses and Pearl Jam, respectively—bring their band to Slim's for an after-work special that benefits The Heroes Project, a nonprofit that brings wounded veterans to the top of the world's highest peaks. All this evening's proceeds help pay for single-amputee Marine Kionte Storey's trip up Mount Vinson in Antarctica. Slim's Last Chance Chili, 5606 First Avenue S., 762-7900, slimslastchance.com, 6 p.m., $15.

All Delighted People A benefit for the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, this concert will feature performances of Sufjan Stevens songs by Shenandoah Davis and Josiah Johnson of The Head and the Heart. Triple Door. 8 p.m. $14 adv./$17 DOS. All ages.

Brain Tumors Appropriately, these Minneapolis hardcore punks have a song called "Dude Cancer." With The Botherations, Totes Brute. JewelBox/Rendezvous. 9 p.m. $5.

Inkblot True to its name, this Michigan group plays abstract, electronica-tinged dream-pop that's open to interpretation. With Falling Up Stairs, Manhole. High Dive. 8 p.m. $6.

Lee Ritenour This Grammy-winning jazz guitarist will release a new album in September with guest appearances by the likes of Chick Corea and George Duke. With Dave Grusin. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., 441-9729, jazzalley.com. 7:30 p.m. $28.50. All ages.